West Ham United

West Ham United 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League, London Stadium, Sunday 4 May 2025, 2pm BST

Jarrod Bowen reached double figures in Premier League goals in a season for the third time in his West Ham United career in Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Tottenham Hotspur.

However, the captain will take little satisfaction from reaching another personal Claret and Blue landmark as his side’s run without a top-flight win stretched to eight matches.

Against a Spurs team selection based on their UEFA Europa League semi-final second leg at Bodø/Glimt on Thursday, the Irons could not turn that general control of the game into opportunities.

West Ham dominated the ball in the first half, enjoying nigh-on 60% possession, while a much-changed Tottenham played on the counter.

However, both teams created just one shot on target, from which they scored, and two other chances.

After a bright start from the Irons, which saw one three-on-two break come to nothing and penalty appeals waved away when Mohammed Kudus’s cross hit Yves Bissouma on the left arm, the home side fell behind in self-inflicted style.

A long Djed Spence ball down the left was seemingly Maximilian Kilman’s to deal with, but the defender twice cleared into Mathys Tel, who then crossed for the unmarked Wilson Odobert to control and slot past fellow Frenchman Alphonse Areola.

West Ham’s response was to press and the tactic forced Guglielmo Vicario to hurriedly clear as far as Tomáš Souček, who slipped as he shot from 30 yards and the Spurs goalkeeper and stand-in captain was able to recover to collect.

Tel then curled a free-kick into the Bobby Moore Stand before the hosts levelled – and it was a decent goal, too.

Kilman, Aaron Cresswell and Kudus – who had earlier been booked for a high boot on Kevin Danso – combined down the West Ham left. The Ghanaian spread play right to Aaron Wan-Bissaka, who threaded to Bowen inside the Spurs box. The captain collected in space, looked up, and calmly slotted through Vicario’s legs at the near post.

Both teams sought a second before half-time, with Richarlison shooting over, then crossing a yard in front of Odobert for Tottenham, and Wan-Bissaka seeing a shot blocked by Bissouma for West Ham, but neither found one.

Into the second half and the game began to open up.

Tel worked Areola low down with a tame strike six minutes in, then moments later Kudus and Souček saw shots blocked in quick succession at the other end. Richarlison half-volleyed into the crowd and both Bowen and Bissouma slammed rising shots off target as the hour-mark passed.

Into the final 15 minutes and Pape Sarr sent a rasping shot narrowly over, then Vicario reacted well to push Bowen’s header from a James Ward-Prowse free-kick to safety. In added-time substitute Ward-Prowse curled a free-kick past the angle, and that was that.

In truth, neither team produced the overall attacking quality to warrant a win, and so both settled for a point and saw their indifferent Premier League campaigns continue.

West Ham remain 17th, a point and place below Tottenham, with a trip to Manchester United, a home game with Nottingham Forest and a visit to Ipswich Town to play.

West Ham United: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Todibo (Coufal 79), Kilman, Cresswell (Mavropanos 88), Emerson, Souček (Soler 80), Paquetá (Ward-Prowse 80), Bowen ©, Kudus, Füllkrug (Ferguson 79)

Subs not used: Fabiański (GK), Rodríguez, Luis Guilherme, Ings

Goal: Bowen 28

Booked: Kudus, Paquetá

Tottenham Hotspur: Vicario ©, Gray, Danso, Davies, Spence, Bissouma, Sarr, Odobert, Kulusevski, Tel, Richarlison (Moore 67)

Subs not used: Kinský (GK), Porro, Udogie, Romero, van de Ven, Bentancur, Johnson, Ajayi

Goal: Sarr 15

Booked: Davies, Tel

Referee: Michael Oliver

Attendance: 62,468

Jarrod Bowen's tenth Premier League goal of the season cancelled out Wilson Odobert's early opener and ensured West Ham United's final London derby of the season would end 1-1.

Tottenham Hotspur took a 15th-minute lead through Odobert after Mathys Tel took advantage of a slip at the back to square for his unmarked teammate to knock home.

The Hammers hit back within 13 minutes though, when skipper Bowen timed his run perfectly to latch onto Aaron Wan-Bissaka's pass into the penalty area and coolly slot through goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario's legs.

Both sides huffed and puffed as they searched for a decisive second, but it would not come for either and the spoils were ultimately shared.

Niclas Füllkrug and Aaron Cresswell return to the West Ham United starting XI for Sunday’s Premier League fixture with Tottenham Hotspur.

Germany international centre-forward Füllkrug is recalled after being named on the substitutes’ bench for last weekend’s 3-2 defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion.

The 32-year-old faces Spurs for the first time in his illustrious career, eager to add to the three goals and two assists he has recorded in just 586 minutes of Premier League action for the Hammers this season.

Cresswell comes up against Tottenham for the 17th time since he arrived from Ipswich Town in summer 2014. The 35-year-old has registered three assists, five wins and three clean sheets – all in home 1-0 victories – in his 16 previous appearances against the north Londoners.

The two players who drop to the bench for Head Coach Graham Potter are Dinos Mavropanos and James Ward-Prowse.

That means the starting XI will begin with Alphonse Areola in goal, with the Frenchman making his 98th appearance for West Ham and playing his 97th game in the Premier League overall for the Irons and previous club Fulham.

Aaron Wan-Bissaka starts at right wing-back, with Emerson retaining his place on the left.

In the centre, Maximilian Kilman continues his ever-present record in the starting XI. Just 13 players have played more Premier League minutes than Kilman’s 2,989 this season, and only eight of them are outfield players. Kilman will be flanked by Jean-Clair Todibo and Cresswell.

The midfield will be manned by Czech giant Tomáš Souček and Brazilian Lucas Paquetá, who made his debut against Spurs in August 2022.

The front three will be led by Füllkrug, flanked by captain Jarrod Bowen and Mohammed Kudus.

Bowen has faced Tottenham 12 times previously, scoring in a 2-1 victory in north London last season, while Kudus scored and was later red carded in our 4-1 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the reverse fixture played earlier this term.

Joining Mavropanos and Ward-Prowse among the nine potential replacements are goalkeeper Łukasz Fabiański, defender Vladimír Coufal, midfielders Guido Rodríguez and Carlos Soler, attacker Luis Guilherme and forward Evan Ferguson.

The squad members not included in the matchday 20 are goalkeeper Wes Foderingham, defender Ollie Scarles and midfielder Andy Irving, while Michail Antonio, Crysencio Summerville and Edson Álvarez remain on the sidelines through injury.

West Ham United: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Todibo, Kilman, Cresswell, Emerson, Souček, Paquetá, Bowen ©, Kudus, Füllkrug

Subs: Fabiański (GK), Coufal, Mavropanos, Rodríguez, Soler, Ward-Prowse, Luis Guilherme, Ferguson, Ings

Tottenham Hotspur: Vicario ©, Spence, Danso, Davies, Gray, Bissouma, Kulusevski, Sarr, Odobert, Tel, Richarlison

Subs: Kinsky (GK), Udogie, Romero, Porro, van der Ven, Bentancur, Ajayi, Moore, Johnson

Referee: Michael Oliver

West Ham United's men's first team squad have shown the Club's support of Official Charity Partner Blesma, The Limbless Veterans, ahead of Sunday's Premier League meeting with Tottenham Hotspur.

As Graham Potter's men continued to prepare for the London Stadium derby on the Rush Green training pitches, the players donned t-shirts emblazoned with the charity's logo for their latest session.

West Ham United’s charity partner Blesma, The Limbless Veterans, is an Armed Forces charity dedicated to assisting serving and ex-Service men and women who have suffered life-changing limbloss, and the Hammers will be shining a light on their work at Sunday's game, which serves as the charity's annual awareness match.

On the pitch, the Irons will be aiming to arrest a seven-match winless run, and bounce back from the agonising late 3-2 defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion last weekend.

Boss Graham Potter has urged his players to translate their positive response to recent disappointment on the training pitches to the match arena, ahead of Sunday’s visit of London rivals Tottenham Hotspur.

West Ham United welcome Ange Postecoglou’s troops to London Stadium sat 17th in the Premier League standings, after last weekend’s agonising 3-2 defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion that extended their winless run to seven games.

Despite having last earned a three-point haul at home to Leicester City back in late February, the Hammers have remained competitive in each of the following fixtures, and while earning points against the likes of Everton and AFC Bournemouth, and pushing champions Liverpool very close last month.

With four games of the 2024/25 season remaining, Potter is itching for a consistent performance back on home soil that could spark a fast finish, and a climb up the ranks with Wolverhampton Wanderers in 13th only five points ahead.

A final derby of the campaign promises a bustling atmosphere in the east of the capital, and with 16th-place Tottenham having endured a similarly tough domestic campaign, there will be real hope among the home crowd that their team can earn a full share of the spoils and leapfrog their opponents in the table.

The Lilywhites will have taken plenty of confidence from their 3-1 win over Norwegian outfit Bodø/Glimt in the UEFA Europa League semi-finals first leg on Thursday however, and will be itching to generate further momentum ahead of the second leg back on the continent next week.

Ahead of kick-off, Potter sat down with members of the press to discuss a range of topics, including his reaction to last Saturday’s Brighton result, rallying his troops, and what to expect from Spurs.

Bouncing back from Brighton disappointment

I think it’d be surprising if I wasn’t upset after how that game unfolded. So that’s normal. Then it’s just about accepting the human being that we all are and then going, ‘come on, we have to move forward’.

Whenever you come into a job like this, at the sort of time we did, you know there are going to be challenges. It’s the Premier League, and you can see how competitive the league is.

You see where our opponents are, such as Manchester United and Tottenham, who are doing so well in the [UEFA] Europa League, and you see how tough the Premier League is.

So, I never thought it would be easy, but I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, it’s a fantastic challenge and I’m really enjoying it.

You want to do well for yourself, your family, for the Club you’re working for, and for the supporters. I feel the pressure, and this is a great Club with a desire to do better, so I have to accept that and work as hard as I can to help things improve.

Players responding in the right way

They’re human beings as well, so you can imagine that they have been low, disappointed and angry, but at the same time they’ve been really good in terms of how they’ve gone about picking themselves up.

We spoke after the game about being together. It was really important for us to do that, and they have been together in training, so credit to them for that. We’ve got a big squad here and it’s not always easy to have that togetherness, but I think they’ve done it well.

We’re competitive and we want to win. And so how the Brighton game unfolded was tough for everybody, including the players. So, the job has been to try to acknowledge the feelings that you have, with honesty, and then go from that to showing a good response in training and in the next game.

There’s no point in talking too much; it’s about showing a response. We go into Sunday and we have to put on the right performance. We know how big the game is for our supporters, so we have to put on a show.

Aiming to finish with a flurry

It’s about points at the end of the day, and wins, which is what we need.

We’ve done some things right, but not enough. And it’s hard when you’re where we’re at now to talk with too much positivity. If you take the emotion out of the Brighton game, there were some positives to take, but that’s not really what you want to speak about when you’ve had such a disappointing feeling.

When you’re on the sort of run we’re on, you just want and need wins. We want a front-footed performance - one that shows who we are, full of pride - and to come away with the points.

Expecting a tough test

They’ve had a tough season in the Premier League, because of injuries and other reasons. That just shows that in this league, nothing’s forgiven.

This is the most important game for us, because it’s the next game. And then you add on the fact it’s a London derby, and the added importance for our supporters.

I feel for our supporters because they’ve had a tough year. That’s the reality. They’re frustrated, understandably so. And we want to try and give them something back.

Summerville recovering after surgery

It’s been a complicated one with him, and I think we’re looking towards pre-season [for his return].

That’s where we’re working towards. I think it’s stage-by-stage, depending on how he reacts and how he goes, but the target would be the first few weeks in pre-season.

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Sat 16th in the Premier League table and on course to record their most losses in a single Premier League season after defeat at Anfield saw them draw level with their previous all-time low of 19 (achieved in 1993/94 and 2003/04), Tottenham Hotspur are suffering a catastrophic league campaign under Australian manager Ange Postecoglou.

After finishing fifth last season and missing out on Champions League football by just two points, there was a feeling that Postecoglou was on his way to bringing Spurs back to days like those they enjoyed under former boss Mauricio Pochettino, combining exciting football with good results to shock other sides and produce impressive league seasons and deep European challenges. Adding Dominic Solanke, Archie Gray, Wilson Odobert and Lucas Bergvall to their squad, whilst only suffering two real first-team losses with Pierre-Emile Højbjerg and Emerson Royal leaving for Marseille and Real Betis, Spurs seemed well positioned to convert on the promise of the previous season and mount a serious challenge to requalify for the Champions League in 2025.

It comes as quite a shock then that, if not for the poor form of the three promoted sides this season, the Lilywhites would instead be facing down the challenge of a serious relegation battle with fixtures against Aston Villa, Brighton and a buoyant Crystal Palace still to come. Yet, even if it seems almost certain that Spurs will finish this campaign with a record number of league defeats, they could still come out with silverware and the Champions League qualification they so desire via the Europa League.

This fixture comes between the two legs of their semi-final against northern Norwegian outfit Bodø/Glimt, taking Postecoglou’s team from the depths of Premier League football to the icy tip of European competition in a whirlwind week where their season could ultimately be defined. Despite Tottenham being 3-1 up at half-time in the tie, Kjetil Knutsen’s team are sure to present a stern challenge, having already dispatched Lazio and Olympiacos in the previous rounds, and Postecoglou could rotate heavily on Sunday to protect his most important players for the second leg. As such, we’ve focused on team-wide issues rather than player-specific challenges and the first of those is simply the number of goals that Spurs have conceded this season.

Whilst injuries have been a key factor throughout, Spurs have still given up countless goals due to the level of risk they take on the ball under Postecoglou. Where the Australian’s tactics brought success at Celtic with a qualitative advantage over the rest of the division, things have been more boom and bust in the Premier League where such risks with the ball can equal great success but can also lead to simple goals for opposition teams with well-coached high-intensity pressing approaches or high quality counter-attacking talent.

Spurs have made 1.06 errors leading to shots per game, the joint-fourth most in the league and level with Ipswich, and we saw yet another for Liverpool’s fifth last weekend as Destiny Udogie and Pape Matar Sarr conspired to lose possession on halfway with Trent Alexander-Arnold and Mohamed Salah able to combine to force an Udogie own-goal as punishment.

In that game, another issue that was particularly apparent for Liverpool’s first and second goals was their inability to successfully track runners into the channels when their full-backs are forced to step out and defend on the flanks. Midfielders Archie Gray and James Maddison both attempted to cover runs from Dominik Szoboszlai and Ryan Gravenberch into these spaces but were unable to stop dangerous attacking situations from developing.

In the first of those examples, Gray did manage to get back to protect Ben Davies but was caught on the wrong side with Szoboszlai able to maraud through the channel behind him, receiving Salah’s through ball and cutting back across the face of goal for Luis Díaz to tap in. And in the second example, Maddison initially lost Gravenberch making a similar run before recovering and intercepting to prevent the attack developing. Critically though, those risk-taking traits immediately popped up to produce another key error as Mathys Tel attempted a reverse pass under pressure for Gray but lost it to Gravenberch who was able to protect the ball for Alexis Mac Allister to rifle home from range.

This second goal was a perfect example of several issues layering to create real fault lines in Spurs’ defensive efforts. Even if they are able to prevent serious initial areas of weakness from being exploited, follow-on issues always seem to appear, overwhelming sound base ideas designed to help them be one of the more dominant attacking sides in the division.

They remain a dangerous attacking team, but Graham Potter’s West Ham side might find more joy focusing intently on areas of weakness rather than attempting to mitigate strengths like they might against other opposition. With late-arriving goalscoring midfielders in both Carlos Soler and Tomáš Souček, especially with the former’s propensity for runs exploiting the spaces mentioned, Potter does have players capable of finding and attacking some of the more vulnerable spots currently on show for Spurs.

Encouraging the wingers to sit wider, as Arne Slot did, is congruent with an approach that looks to repeatedly probe in these areas and Jarrod Bowen’s two assists in the previous match show the England international’s ability when creating from the touchline. If Potter is able to combine this wide creative talent with incisive central runs and adequate pinning of the centre-backs, something Niclas Füllkrug excels at, then there will almost certainly be opportunities to produce the cutbacks and low crosses the manager favours, hopefully helping the team secure a much-needed positive result at home.

*The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of Analytics United and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of West Ham United.

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Premier League, London Stadium, Sunday 4 May 2025, 2pm BST

West Ham United will be eager to bounce back to winning ways and spark a strong finish to 2024/25 when they welcome Tottenham Hotspur to London Stadium for their final derby of the campaign on Sunday.

The Hammers are winless in seven, following last weekend's narrow defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion, and currently sit 17th in the table with just four fixtures to go until the summer break.

While Graham Potter's men remain 15 points clear of already-relegated 18th-place side Ipswich Town, they know that a string of good results over the coming weeks could yield a run up the standings, with Wolverhampton Wanderers in 13th just five points ahead.

Just one place and one point above the Irons in 16th, Tottenham have endured a difficult season of their own, and in the league have lost five of their last six, including a 5-1 thrashing at champions Liverpool on their most recent outing.

Things have been better for Ange Postecoglou's men on the continent, and while they will arrive in the east of the capital halfway through their two-legged UEFA Europa League semi-final against Bodø/Glimt, they will be hoping to build momentum back on the domestic front, as well.

All signs point to an enticing match-up, then, with both teams firmly focused on securing all three points to boost their season run-in.

Read on for everything you need to know ahead of the match...

Tickets…

Tickets for this sold-out game are still available on the Ticket Exchange, with Season Ticket Holders who cannot attend this fixture relisting their seats for other supporters to buy.

Click HERE to check availability or relist.

Supporters are urged to arrive early at London Stadium on Sunday as security and ticket checks will be in place at all entry points.

Travel…

There are no planned disruptions to TfL Underground services on the Central and Jubilee lines, though there are set to be issues on the Bakerloo, Circle, District and Waterloo & City lines, Elizabeth line services, the Docklands Light Railway and the Lioness, Suffragette and Windrush lines on the London Overground. Supporters using these services are highly recommended to check their routes before departure.

Similarly, there are planned disruptions on Greater Anglia and c2c mainline services, as well as the Southeastern network that serves Stratford International.

Stratford and Stratford City Bus Stations are located in close proximity to Stratford station. Buses that run to these stations are numbers: 25, 86, 97, 104, 108, 158, 241, 257, 262, 276, 308, 425, 473, D8.

Supporters using public transport are advised to check their journeys before they travel, using resources such as TfL’s Journey Planner and the TfL Go app. Supporters may also wish to visit the National Rail website if travelling on the rail network.

There is no parking available at London Stadium. Restrictions will be in place and enforced in the local area.

How To Follow…

Sunday’s 2pm kick-off will NOT be broadcast live in the UK, but will be shown across the world by the Premier League’s international broadcast partners.

If you live outside the UK, click HERE for details of Premier League listings in your territory.

You can follow the action via our live blog on whufc.com and our app, and across our social media channels. We will also have highlights and exclusive reaction for you after the final whistle on our website and social media.

Live audio commentary will be available in the UK on BBC Radio London, and worldwide on our official website and app.

We Are West Ham. United...

At West Ham United, we are proud to be based in one of the most multicultural areas of the country where equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of everything we do. Regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, sexual orientation or beliefs, everyone is welcome at our Club.

Our aspiration is to be the equity leader in football and alongside our supporters, this is something we are continually looking to build on and improve. We thank all of our fans for their ongoing support and for helping us to eradicate the bad behaviours which do not represent our Club, our community or our West Ham United family.

To report any concerns on matchday, text SUPPORT plus your message to 83121 or speak to the nearest steward, SLO or Police Officer. Text messages are treated in the strictest confidence, and, for our staff, it is better to monitor the situation as it is happening and to be able to take action at the time of it occurring.

Our Conduct Charter is created to further support the provision of a welcoming, safe and inclusive environment for all West Ham United supporters and staff at home and away matches, on social media, Club related meetings or events, or in any other forum.

Official Programme…

West Ham United’s 2024/25 Official Programme for Sunday’s Premier League derby fixture against Tottenham Hotspur at London Stadium is available to purchase online now!

Following the historic, combined men's and women's issue for the Premier League and Barclays Women's Super League games against Southampton and Manchester United respectively, the Club has once again produced a bumper 132-page programme for the men's team's upcoming visit of Ange Postecoglou's Spurs, complete with a bespoke cover illustration and an additional eight-page pullout, featuring an eye-catching poster, a brainteasing quiz and plenty of games for our younger Hammers.

The largest publication in English football, this weekend's Official Programme is still priced at just £4, representing remarkable value for money for supporters of all ages wanting exclusive interviews, attention-grabbing opinions and eye-catching photographs, plus the regular news, columns and statistics and insightful content from across all areas of the Club.

The Official Programme is the definitive Claret and Blue publication for West Ham fans.

Click HERE for more information, and HERE to purchase your copy!

Blesma, The Limbless Veterans...

Sunday marks Charity Partner Blesma’s annual Awareness Day at London Stadium.

Based in Chelmsford, Blesma is a UK Armed Forces charity dedicated to supporting serving and ex-Service men and women who have experienced life-changing limb loss, or the loss of use of limbs, eyes or sight.

The charity offers lifelong support to those who have served our country, providing a range of services including prosthetic and mobility assistance, grants, benefits advice and a variety of activities designed to enhance wellbeing. Since the First World War, Blesma has supported over 61,000 limbless veterans.

To find out more about Blesma and how to support their vital work, please click HERE.

Team News…

Graham Potter will hold his pre-match press conference on Friday afternoon. However, we do know that long-term absentees Michail Antonio and Crysencio Summerville will miss the game, with the latter having recently undergone surgery on his hamstring injury.

Evan Ferguson will be fighting for selection again, having been ineligible to face his parent club Brighton & Hove Albion last time out, while Edson Álvarez will be assessed after missing the last two matches.

Tottenham captain Son Heung-min is a doubt for this weekend's clash, having missed their last three Premier League fixtures through injury, and defender Radu Drăgușin remains out.

Opposition…

At the start of April last year, everything looked good at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Australian head coach Ange Postecoglou had kicked off his reign with a ten-match unbeaten run that saw Spurs storm to the top of the Premier League table. And although results had been less consistent for the next few months, Tottenham still went into the final seven matches of the 2024/25 campaign in the top four and on course for UEFA Champions League qualification.

However, the north Londoners would lose five of those seven matches, all to clubs rivalling them for a top-four finish, and ultimately slip to a fifth-place finish and settle for a place in the UEFA Europa League.

While fifth in his first season in charge was, on paper, a decent return for Postecoglou, that late-season downturn in results continued into the current campaign, leaving the aforementioned Europa League as Tottenham’s only hope of returning to continental competition in 2025/26.

Ahead of this weekend's action, Spurs have won just eleven of their 34 Premier League games and sit in the bottom third of the table, albeit with a bizarre positive goal difference generated by a series of emphatic early-season victories.

Those pre-Christmas wins over the likes of Everton, Brentford, Manchester United, West Ham United, Aston Villa, Manchester City and Southampton seem like a lifetime, rather than a few months, ago.

Since thumping reigning champions Manchester City 4-0 at the Etihad Stadium on 23 November, Tottenham have won five and lost 14 of the 22 Premier League matches they have played and dropped from sixth to 16th in the table.

The Carabao Cup offered some respite, with early-round wins over both Manchester clubs and a semi-final first-leg victory over Liverpool raising hopes of a first trophy win since 2008, only for the Reds to thump Spurs 4-0 in the second leg at Anfield.

An FA Cup fourth-round exit at Aston Villa ended that chance of silverware, leaving the Europa League as the only route open to Postecoglou, who said last September ‘I always win things in my second year’.

To be fair, Tottenham have done well in Europe, finishing fourth in the new Europa League league phase, then defeating West Ham’s recent European opponents AZ of the Netherlands and Eintracht Frankfurt of Germany in the knockout stages to set up a two-legged semi-final with Norwegian champions Bodø/Glimt, the first of which will be played in north London on Thursday evening.

Victory over Bodø/Glimt and either Manchester United or Athletic Club of Bilbao in the final would secure Spurs a place in next season’s Champions League, prove Postecoglou right and end 17 years without a major trophy.

Previous Meetings…

West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur have met 57 times in the Premier League, with Spurs winning 27 to the Hammers’ 18, while 12 matches have been drawn.

The Irons are unbeaten in the sides’ last four matches at London Stadium. Before 1-1 draws in April 2024 and August 2022, Michail Antonio scored the winner in October 2021 and was also on the scoresheet alongside Jesse Lingard in a 2-1 triumph over Jose Mourinho’s team behind closed doors in February of that year.

Tottenham did beat West Ham three times on the trot at home in all competitions between December 2021 and February 2023, until Jarrod Bowen and James Ward-Prowse strikes powered David Moyes’ men to a 2-1 win in north London in early December 2023.

Spurs did triumph in the teams' most recent meeting, at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, however, with Dejan Kulusevski, Yves Bissouma and Son Heung-min strikes, and an Alphonse Areola own-goal, powering Ange Postecoglou's men to a 4-1 win in October 2024.

This particular match-up also has a reputation for a wonderstrike or two. Manuel Lanzini rescued a point with a 30-yard screamer as the Hammers overturned a three-goal deficit to draw 3-3 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in 2020, while two years earlier Pedro Obiang stunned Wembley Stadium with an unstoppable long-range rocket in a game that finished 1-1.

Match Officials…

Referee: Michael Oliver

Assistant Referees: Stuart Burt and James Mainwaring

Fourth Official: Ruebyn Ricardo

VAR: Darren England

Assistant VAR: Peter Wright

Michael Oliver will referee a West Ham United fixture for the 45th time in his illustrious career on Sunday.

Born in Ashington, Northumberland, 40-year-old Oliver was introduced to refereeing by his father, Clive, at the age of 14 and became the youngest referee to officiate at Wembley Stadium when he took charge of the 2007 Conference National play-off final, aged just 22.

He had already become the youngest Football League assistant referee and referee when he became the youngest Premier League referee when he took charge of Birmingham City’s 2-1 win over Blackburn Rovers on 21 August 2010, aged 25.

Since that historic day, Oliver has refereed two FA Cup finals, in 2018 and 2021, the EFL Cup final in 2016, UEFA Super Cup final in 2022 and EFL Championship Play-Off final in 2023.

He is five short of 400 Premier League appointments and has passed 750 matches at all levels, including 39 in the UEFA Champions League.

Included in those 755 games were three at UEFA Euro 2020, three at the 2022 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2024, in addition to Nations League ties and international friendlies.

For more information about the officials, click HERE.

We face our final derby of the season on Sunday when we welcome Tottenham Hotspur to London Stadium - and you can be there with limited seats available on the Ticket Exchange.

Our meeting with our London rivals has sold out, but you don't have to miss out as Season Ticket Holders who cannot make the game are relisting their seats for other members of the Claret and Blue Army to buy.

So with just two home games left - and this the last meeting with a fellow London side - you'll need to be there as we go for three points against Ange Postecogolu's side.

Tickets start at £50 for adults and £37.50 concessions, so secure your seat now as we aim to end the campaign on a high.

West Ham United v Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League, London Stadium, Sunday 4 May 2025, 2pm BST

Referee: Michael Oliver

Assistant Referees: Stuart Burt & James Mainwaring

Fourth Official: Ruebyn Ricardo

VAR: Darren England

Assistant VAR: Peter Wright

Michael Oliver will referee a West Ham United fixture for the 45th time in his illustrious career on Sunday.

Born in Ashington, Northumberland, 40-year-old Oliver was introduced to refereeing by his father, Clive, at the age of 14 and became the youngest referee to officiate at Wembley Stadium when he took charge of the 2007 Conference National play-off final, aged just 22.

He had already become the youngest Football League assistant referee and referee when he became the youngest Premier League referee when he took charge of Birmingham City’s 2-1 win over Blackburn Rovers on 21 August 2010, aged 25.

Since that historic day, Oliver has refereed two FA Cup finals, in 2018 and 2021, the EFL Cup final in 2016, UEFA Super Cup final in 2022 and EFL Championship Play-Off final in 2023.

He is five short of 400 Premier League appointments and has passed 750 matches at all levels, including 39 in the UEFA Champions League.

Included in those 755 games were three at UEFA Euro 2020, three at the 2022 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2024, in addition to Nations League ties and international friendlies.

Oliver will be assisted by Stuart Burt and James Mainwaring.

Burt, like Oliver, got into refereeing through his father and also worked at Euro 2024 alongside Sunday’s referee. Burt has officiated matches in the National League and run the line for 38 West Ham games previously.

Mainwaring will be running the line for a Hammers fixture for the 22nd time, the fourth time this season, but the first assisting Oliver.

The fourth official will be Ruebyn Ricardo who, like Oliver, has been a trailblazer for young match officials. Ricardo became the youngest Black referee to officiate an EFL fixture when he took charge of Crewe Alexandra versus Swindon Town in April 2023, aged just 25. He has refereed 39 matches this season, including 25 in the EFL and three in the FA Cup.

Darren England will look after Video Assistant Referee duties.

The 39-year-old has been busy in 2024/25, refereeing 17 Premier League and five other matches, including West Ham’s 3-2 defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion last weekend, and serving as VAR for eight games in domestic and UEFA competitions.